title: The role of multi-detector computed tomography in imaging hernias.
abstract: Clinical presentation of a hernia is often non-specific or atypical and in these circumstances diagnosis and management decisions can be aided by imaging. This review contains diagrammatic illustrations, explanations and computed tomography examples of the different types of external, internal and diaphragmatic hernias.
authors.affiliation: Frenchay Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Laurence
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ngan-Soo
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gandhi
mesh_terms: D006547:Hernia / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*